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W. M. LUEBBERT.

HANGAR.

APPLICATIO flLED MAR. I6. |918.

Patented Aug. 19, 1919.

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HANGAR.

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Patented Aug. 19,1919.

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HANGAR.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. I6 1911!.`

Patented Aug. 19, 1919.

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HANGAR.

APPLICATIONFILED MAR. 16. 1918.

Patented Aug. 19, 1919;

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gar. v With the foregoing and other objects in 'WILLIAM IMLQSMAN LUEBBEBT, 0F SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

HNGAR x specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 1o, 191e.

Application and Maron is, 191s. serial no. 222,392.

To all 'whom it may conce/rn: l

Be it known that I, WILLIAM-M. LUEB- 'BnR'r, a citizen of the United States, resid- `ing at San Francisco, in the county of San .similar structures one of its' objects being to provide an inclosure made of canvas or other suitable fabric and which can be transported conveniently from place to place and set up for vuse readily. v

A further object is to provide a structure of this character which is entirely free of supporting poles or the like inside the structure but which aords a clear, unobstructed space coextensive with the area of the han- Another object -is to provide novel means for supporting the roof of the structure and which provides means whereby an aeroplane, an aeroplane motor, or other objects can be suspended from the roof of the hanview whichv willappear as the description proceeds, the invention consists of certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claim it being understood that various changes may @are e w` i be made in the construction and arrangement of the parts without departing from the spirit of the invention as set forthin the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.-

` In said drawings- Figure 1 is 'a side elevation vof .gi-hangar or'other structure embodying` the present improvements.

Fig. 2 is a vertical transver section.

Fig. 3 isa plan view.

Fig. Lis an elevation of one end ofthe l structure.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of a modified form of hangar.

Fig. 6 is a vertical transverse'section therethrough on line 6 6. Fig. 7 is aa detail pe portion of one ofthe rein orcing cables and 'the fabric secured thereto.

Fig. 8 is an. enlarged 4section Yonl Y ective view' of ar line` hangers 16 extending inwardly end down- 110 Fig. 9 is a detail view of a portion of one of the bridles and itssupporting ring.

v Referring to the figures by characters of reference, 1 designates masts set up in parallel rows and provided with guys 2- the lower ends of which are suitably anchored. The guys extend outwardly from the masts,

as shown in the drawings thus to prevent.

toward the masts of the opposed series.

ends of the masts are roperly tied toget er by cross cables 3 and y side cables 4..

The canvas or yother fabric inclosure is erected between the masts-:nid is provided f with side walls 5 and a roof V6, saidroof being provided with 2a central rid e 7. The roof fabric issecured along the e ges of the roof, along the rid e, and wherever rein- .a-forcement is desire to vreinforcing means preferably consisting of a metal cable 8 having a covering@ of burlap or the like which,in turn, is wrapped with ordinary rope, as at 10. Thegroof fabric is sewed to.

-the burlap and ropewrapping and will not be quickly worn out) along its points of attachment because it is protected fromthe metal cables by the fabric wrappings. The

reinforcing cables properly wrapped have been` indicatedfgenerally at 8 in Figs. 2 and 3.

f The ridge of the inclosure is supported by short hangers l1 which are suspended from ing cables on said portions 12 and diverge upwardly where they are secured to theup- 'per .ends ofthe adjacent masts'. This arrangement is shown-clearly in Fig. 4.

Reinforcing vcables are extended transversely of the roof 6 from thepoints of conlnection between the hangers 11 and the ridge cable 8, to the sides of the roofV 6 and securedto each of these cables at points equidistant fromthe hanger and the sides of the inclosure' are the. ends of bridles 14 'the intermediate portions-of which work within lrings 15. or the-likesecured to the lower ends vof of which work within rings 28 atjthe ends wardly from the masts l. The points at which the bridles have been connectedto the cables 8 have been'indicated at 17, 18, 17 and 18 in Fig. 2. A brid1e19 is secured at its ends to the cable 8 at the points 18 and 18 and the intermediate portion of the bridle is arranged to work withina ring 20 or the like connected to the central portion of a lower cross cable 21. vCable 21 is scoured. at its ends to opposed masts. Additional rings or the like, indicated at 22, are secured tothe cable 21 between the masts 1 and the ring `20 and working within one of these rings 22 is a bridle 23 one end of which is fastened at the point 17 while its'other end is'fastened at the point 18. Another bridle 24- is extended through the other ring 22 and is fastened at the points -18 and `17 Thus it will be seen that three suspension points are provided along each cross cable 21, namely, at 22, 20 and 22, there being.

bridles extending from these points for distributing a load to the bridles 14 which, in

turn, distribute the load to the hangers 16 and thencev to the masts.

Byproviding a truss such as described the roof of the structure can not only 'be held up by exterior supports, thus leaving an extensive unobstructed areal within the inclosure, but it is also possible to support heavy loads, such as aeroplanes and aeroplane motors, o' of theground within the inclosure. Suitable hangers, indicated generally at 25, may be provided for this purose. l pBraces, such as the crossed braces" 26 shown in Fig. -1, may be provided wherever deemed essential. The end cross cables 8 used for reinforcing the roof can be provided, in addition to the braces or hangers 3, with bridles 27 the intermediate portlons of hangers 29 extending downwardly from the adjacent masts. Curtains 30 can be supported upon the end cables 8 and, by opening laterally these curtains will afford am- -ple room for the movement of an aeroplane into and from the inclosure.

The structure heretofore described can be used as a large hangar or forvarious other urposes where a large portable inclosure 1s desired. ln Figs. '5 and 6, however, has been shown a small portable hangar for emergency use and which is designed to hold a single machine only. By referring to Fig. 5 it rwill be noted that, in plan' the Ahangar follows the general conguration of an aeroplane, it being provided with a broad front end portion 31 while the sides of the remaining portion convergerearwardly. The fabric constituting the roof of the structure is reinforced in the manner hereinbefore described and the ends of the cross reinforc-Y -end of. each bridle is secured -to a mast at yof the bridle is secured "to a mast at the other side. In order to provide a central'l -point of suspension within the hangar acable is attached to the roof at the points 34 and has a ring or the like 36 mounted on or secured to the intermediate ortion of the cable', said cable being desi ated at 37.

Hangers 38 can be suspenl ed from the.

points 34 to suspension.

What -is claimed is provide additionalA points of Thecombination with spaced masts and".

upper cross cables connecting the masts, of a fabric housing arranged between the masts and supporte at the centerof its roof by' the vcross cables, transverse reinforcing cables ,85

secured to the roof portion ofthe'housing, Y

hangers converging downwardly from opposed masts and above the roof, a brid e slidablyengaging and extending down` 'cross cable connecting opposed masts and below the roof of the housing, spaced rings secured to said cable and slidabl engaged by the respective bridles below t e roof of the, housing, and hangers depending from sai rings for supportin loads.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as `my Iown, I have hereto xed my vsignature` in the presence of two witnesses.

l man avenir Lurrrar. Witnesses:

Ivr E. Son, AeNEsR/o. 

